- 1. He was more concerned with the “problem of the self”. He was the first philosopher who ever engaged in a systematic questioning about the self. To Socrates, the true task of a philosopher is to know oneself. Every human person is dualistic, he is composed of two important aspects of his personhood: 1. Body- imperfect and impermanent aspect 2. Soul- perfect and permanent aspect
A) Rene Descartes
B) David Hume
C) Socrates
D) Plato
- 2. Student of Socrates He believed in the division of a person’s body and soul which forms a person aside from the mater. He believed that the soul is divided into 3 different parts, that has diffferent views leading to different behaviors. appetitive soul – the part of the person that is driven by desire and need to satisfy oneself – physical needs, pleasures (food, drink, sleep, sexual needs, etc.) spirited soul – courageous part of the person. One who wants to do something or to right the wrongs that they observe. This is very competitive and is very active. Competitiveness drives one to expect positive results and winning. rational soul – The drive of our lives. The part that thinks and plans. It decides what to do, when to do it and the possible results one could have depending on their actions. Plato emphasizes that justice in the human person can only be attained if the three parts of the soul are working harmoniously with one another. When the ideal state is attained, then the human person’s soul becomes just and virtuous.
A) Socrates
B) David Hume
C) Rene Descartes
D) Plato
- 3. A Saint and a Philosopher of the Church He followed the ancient view of Plato and infusing it with the newfound doctrine of Christianity. He agreed that man is a bifurcated nature. 1. Body- is bound to die on earth; can only thrive in the imperfect, physical reality that is the world. 2. Soul- can stay after death in an eternal realm with the all transcendent God. The goal of every human person is to attain this communion and bliss with the Divine by living his life on earth in virtue.
A) St.Thomas Aquinas
B) David Hume
C) Socrates
D) St.Augustine
- 4. Man is composed of two parts: 1. Matter (hyle)- common stuff that makes up everything in the universe (Man’s body is part of this matter) 2. Form (morphe)- essence of a substance or thing. It is what makes it what it is The soul is what animates the body; it is what makes us human
A) St.Augustine
B) St.Thomas Aquinas
C) Plato
D) David Hume
- 5. Father of Modern Philosophy He claims that there are so much that we should doubt, he says that since much of what we think and believe are not infallible, they may turn out to be false. If something is so clear and lucid as not to be even doubted, that is the only time when we should actually buy a proposition. The only thing that one cannot doubt is the existence of the self. Cogito Ergo Sum = “I think therefore I am. The self then for Descartes is also a combination of two distinct entities: 1. Cogito (mind)- the thing that thinks 2. Extenza (body)- extension of the mind The body is nothing else but a machine that is attached to the mind; it is not what makes a man, a man.
A) Socrates
B) Plato
C) David Hume
D) Rene Descartes
- 6. An empiricist who believes that one can know only what comes from the senses and experiences. Empiricism is the school of thought that espouses the idea that knowledge can only be possible if it is sensed and experienced, men can only attain knowledge by experiencing The self is nothing but a bundle of expression/a bundle or collection of different perceptions. For David Hume if one try to examine his experiences, he finds that they can all be categorized into two: 1. Impressions- the basic objects of our experience or sensation. They therefore form the core of our thoughts. Impressions are vivid because they are products of our direct experience with the world. ex: When one touches an ice cube, the cold sensation is an impression. 2. Ideas- copies of impression, they aren’t as lively and vivid as our impressions. ex: When one imagines the feeling of being on love for the first time, that still is an idea
A) Rene Descartes
B) Plato
C) Socrates
D) David Hume
- 7. He believes that the things men perceive around them are not just randomly infused into the human person without an organizing principle that regulates the relationship of all these impressions. To Kant, there is necessarily a mind that organizes the impressions that men get from the external world. Self is the seat of knowledge acquisition for all human persons, it organizes the different impressions that one gets in relation to his own existence.
A) Immanuel Kant
B) Merleau Ponty
C) Gilbert Ryle
D) Rene Descartes
- 8. what truly matters is the behavior that a person manifests in his day-to-day life. He suggests that self is not an entity one can locate and analyze but simply the convenient name that people use to refer to all the behaviors people make.
A) Merleau Ponty
B) Gilbert Ryle
C) Immanuel Kant
D) Rene Descartes
- 9. He believed that the mind and body are so intertwined that they cannot be separated from one another. The living body, thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one One cannot find an experience that is not an embodied experience. One’s body is his opening toward his existence to the wo
A) David Hume
B) Merleau Ponty
C) Gilbert Ryle
D) Immanuel Kant
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